Religion

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  • Kuwait CP hails strength of relations with Egypt

    Date: 2018-06-08 12:39:34 GMT - Kuwait - Religion - SN:25 - ID:7435740

    KUWAIT CITY, June 8 (MENA) - Former president of Al Azhar University Ahmed Omar Hashim said Friday Crown Prince of Kuwait Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah lauded the strength of the Egyptian-Kuwaiti relations. Hashim told MENA that he met with ....

  • Evangelical church hails Dar al-Iftaa's role in spreading tolerance in Egypt

    Date: 2018-06-05 14:51:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:47 - ID:7431705

    CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt Andrea Zaki praised on Tuesday the role played by Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa in spreading tolerance and supporting the culture of co-existence. During a meeting with Egypt's Mufti Shawqi ....

  • Sisi to attend "Lailat al Qadr" ceremony to be organized by Awqaf Ministry

    Date: 2018-06-05 10:28:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:19 - ID:7431085

    CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will attend a ceremony to be organized by the Awqaf Ministry to mark Lailat al Qadr (the night that the Quran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad). The Awqaf Ministry will honor Quran ....

  • Awqaf min. lauds role of Quran schools in protecting youth against destructive ideologies

    Date: 2018-06-04 09:28:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:7429326

    CAIRO, June 4 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has said that Quran schools play an important role in protecting youth against destructive ideologies. He said his Ministry is seeking to open more Quran schools and offices with the ....

  • Pope Tawadros attends celebration marking Holy Family's journey to Egypt

    Date: 2018-06-01 21:10:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:7426269

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese attended on Friday a celebration commemorating the Holy Family's journey to Egypt. The celebration was organized by the National Egyptian Heritage Revival ....

  • Assuit's Muharraq monastery celebrates journey of holy family

    Date: 2018-06-01 09:37:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:18 - ID:7425497

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - Bishop Begol, the head of Muharraq monastery (Holy Virgin Mary monastery in Assiut,) chaired Friday a mass to commemorate the flight of the Holy Family in Egypt. "Egypt is blessed with the visit of Jesus, his mother Virgin ....

  • Pope Tawadros meets senior Ethiopian Foreign Ministry official

    Date: 2018-05-31 17:57:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:7424980

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese met on Thursday with Director of the Middle East Affairs Department at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Suleiman Dedefo. The meeting tackled the issue of Deir ....

  • Awqaf min. calls for abiding by I'tikaf rules in Ramadan

    Date: 2018-05-29 22:00:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:92 - ID:7422370

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Tuesday called for abiding by the rules of I'tikaf (seclusion for worship) at mosques in the holy month of Ramadan. The announcement came during a meeting with senior ministry ....

  • Egypt's Coptic Church in Kuwait holds Suhoor banquet

    Date: 2018-05-29 21:59:16 GMT - Kuwait - Religion - SN:91 - ID:7422365

    KUWAIT CITY, May 29 (MENA) – The Egyptian Coptic Church in Kuwait held on Tuesday a Suhoor (pre-sunrise meal) banquet for members of the Egyptian Embassy and Kuwaiti senior officials in the presence of Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Tareq el ....

  • Dar al-Iftaa refutes reports about mistakenly sighting Ramadan crescent

    Date: 2018-05-29 20:00:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:80 - ID:7422239

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – Dar al-Iftaa denied reports circulated on some social media pages and news websites about a mistake made in sighting this year's Ramadan crescent. In a statement released Tuesday, the religious body stressed that the ....

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